The vicar of Wakefield :
a tale /
by Oliver Goldsmith ; with twelve illustrations in permanent photography from pictures by eminent British artists.

Description

Main Author

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

Related Names

Woodward, Thomas, 1801-1852, illustrator.
Mulready, William, 1786-1863, illustrator.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, illustrator.

Language(s)

English

Published

Edinburgh ; Ballantyne Press, Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.
London : Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, 1880

Subjects

Vicars, Parochial.
Manners and customs.
Families.
Conduct of life.
Abduction > Abduction / Fiction.
Prisoners > Prisoners / Fiction.
Conduct of life > Conduct of life / Fiction.
Poor families > Poor families / Fiction.
Clergy > Clergy / Fiction.
England.
England > England / Social life and customs > England / Social life and customs / Fiction.
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Photographs, Original > Photographs, Original / Illustrations in books.
Photoaquatints (prints) > Photoaquatints (prints) / England > Photoaquatints (prints) / England / 19th century.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.

Summary

Details the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England.

Note

Includes table of contents; list of illustrations.
Title vignette; wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials.
The plates are aquatint photogravures designed by various artists, including T. Stothard, W. Mulready, and T. Woodward.

Physical Description

xi, 308 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (photographs) ; 22 cm

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